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While recent years have witnessed a bit of a slowdown in the growth of the automotive sector, the value produced by body shops and repair facilities has increased significantly, which illustrates the market for automotive refinish coatings' potential for expansion.

Color collateral has always been designed with consumers in mind. Past market needs continue to drive innovation toward accurate and easy-to-use collateral products. A new approach to color sampling for transparent and semi-transparent stain applications is discussed in this article. 

Automotive painting is a challenging process, and requires each layer to be sprayed at the optimal thickness. Some leading-edge, ultrasonic thickness gauges can provide both the thickness measurement of each individual layer, and the total thickness measurement of several layers at once, making the process faster and easier.

Published reports place the total cost of corrosion in the United States at $552 billion. The majority of the current coating formulations are not designed for extended maintenance support. This article introduces the concept of Lifetime Coating Systems (LCS), a program designed to match coating life with asset life.

As production lines and manufacturing plants have to keep pace with widening demand, companies are in the market for bigger, better equipment, and more manufacturing space. This article covers Chem-Pak’s switch to ROSS mixers to allow them to process larger batches and incorporate powder ingredients more efficiently.

In an interview with PCI, LANXESS discusses how environmental product declarations (EPDs) are helping to achieve low-emission product strategies along the value chain.

The raw materials used in coatings formulations, including titanium dioxide (TiO₂), can make a significant impact on the end product’s sustainability profile. New innovations will pave the way to reducing waste, creating longer lasting products, and achieving advancements in the coatings industry’s sustainability.

The TiO₂ industry has experienced three extremely difficult quarters, as rapid decreases in underlying demand, followed by destocking, led to significant decreases in demand. In this column, TiPMC discuss how an increasing portion of the capital investment within TiO₂ will focus on cost reduction.

On the coast, painted walls tend to fade faster, are pummeled with wind-driven rain, are exposed to salt around the clock, and are breeding grounds for bio-growth like algae and fungus. One seven-story Destin, Florida, resort nestled between Choctawhatchee Bay and the Gulf of Mexico was looking for a fresh update but wanted more longevity for its money.

Joe Powder, aka Kevin Biller of ChemQuest Powder Coating Research, shares his powder coating knowledge and expertise by answering questions sent in from around the world.